ASP question

This is an ASP programming question. I just started it.

Here's my problem...whenever I declare a variable like this

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Dim variable = "hello"

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it throws this back at me

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Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0401'

Expected end of statement

/chrisdevelop/spam.asp, line 34

Dim count = 0
----------^

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Can anybody help?

Code:

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Dim variable

variable = "hello"

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Yeah VBScript seems happier if you declare and assign seperately